Concept

Simple living

Overview

practices that promote simplicity in one's lifestyle; common practices of simple living include reducing the number of possessions one owns, depending less on technology and services, and spending less money

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Simple living

• Epictetus
• Diogenes
• Henry David Thoreau

Related ideas

• Epicurus
• Albert Schweitzer
• Jesus
• Francis of Assisi
• Agrarianism
• Artist
• Athens
• Genetic engineering
• Gary Snyder
• Hinduism
• Philosophy
• Ziran
• Nirvana (Buddhism)
• Stress (biology)
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Southern United States
• Leo Tolstoy
• Environmentalism
• Green politics
• Islamic world
• Wealth
• Mahatma Gandhi
• French Enlightenment
• John Cowper Powys

Opposing perspectives

• Industrial Revolution
• Western culture
• Sustainable development
• Ethics

Place in the tradition

Part of Cynicism (philosophy).

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